# Polymir plans $500M ethylene-propylene unit in Novopolotsk

OAO Polymir, part of OAO Naftan, plans to build a new ethylene-propylene unit EP-200 with capital costs over $500 million in Novopolotsk, Belarus. The project is in discussion stage and would increase output of target products by 300,000 tonnes per year.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-06-13
- Where: Novopolotsk, Vitebsk region, Belarus
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 tonnes per year (200,000 tonnes ethylene, 100,000 tonnes propylene)
- Products: ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, acrylonitrile, acrylic fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [OAO Polymir](https://endata.com/companies/40000.md)
- [OAO Naftan](https://endata.com/companies/40001.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [primepress.by](https://primepress.by/news/kompanii/oao_polimir_planiruet_stroitelstvo_novoy_etilen_propilenovoy_ustanovki_za_500_mln_doll-11206/), 2019-06-13: "Этилен-пропиленовая установка позволит сохранить технологические переделы завода и тем самым гарантирует выпуск востребованной на рынке продукции."

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